Scrambling

(new goal: blog more)

For about month and a half we have been "scrambling" - what I now affectionally term using the meals from a meal planning service called "Six o'clock Scramble." I signed up for the service after several meals where I realized my entire cooking repertoire could be boiled down to the following:

Chicken Salad
Pasta
Fried Rice
Things held together by eggs (omlettes, frittattas, etc)

Facing several more months of maternity leave and a life time of eating what I have been cooking, I signed up in desperation for this meal planning service through a Groupon and the recommendation of a few facebook friends.

Let me tell you:

We. Love. It.

Every week I get a list of meals to make, with the customized grocery list. I can edit the meals based upon a database of other good meals. I can change meals out, or add other ones. Then I just have to buy exactly what the list says, and then for the rest of the week when I think "What's for dinner, and what do I have to cook it with?" I just look at my list of recipes and make whatever is on there, knowing I have whatever it takes to make it.

We're eating healthier and more creatively. I've learned to love bean and tuna salad and how to cook shrimp. I've glazed chicken and crock potted stews. It is yummy and I highly recommend it to anyone else who has felt they have gotten into a cooking rut. I probably have a promotion code lying around somewhere as well if you're interested!

And other than that, we are all doing healthy and happy :)